Doctor Lê Ngọc Lâm from Sa Đéc General Hospital in Đồng Tháp Province with his robot which is designed to deliver food and medicines to patients in the hospital's COVID-19 quarantine. — VNA./VNS Photo Chương Đài

Medical staff can care for their patients in quarantine without direct contact, reducing any cross-infection risks in the hospital, he said.

Lâm received a certificate of merit from the provincial Health Department for his outstanding achievements in research and successfully manufacturing this delivery robot.

During 17 years of working in the health sector, doctor Lâm has contributed many useful initiatives in science and technology in Đồng Tháp Province and was honoured at the National Science and Technology Innovation Awards 2012-13.

Lâm's robot is one machine among several created by employees in the health sector to help fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Recently, a medical worker from the Central Hospital in Huế City, Thừa Thiên-Huế Province, also transformed a toy car into a special robot capable of bringing food and medicine to COVID-19 patients in quarantine. — VNS